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Post by ibsmith85 on Feb 20, 2014 13:05:29 GMT -5
Atlanta continues to lock up its core guys. Andrelton Simmons agrees to 7yr/$58m (per FOX Sports) ESPN.com
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Post by rjp313jr on Feb 20, 2014 19:13:15 GMT -5
Didn't LaRoche become a poster boy for why the QO works when his original team sign him though to keep the team in contention for the playoffs? Not at all. The Nationals aren't a small market team, and LaRoche had less of a market than he otherwise would have. And he's a great example of the risk/reward being slanted entirely in favor the team - getting offered the QO pretty much screwed LaRoche's chance of ever getting a long term deal. Maybe but it only saved teams from being dumb because LaRoche would have instantly become a terrible contract if he got what he would have had he not received the QO. This has nothing to do with anything, but it's true.
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Post by rjp313jr on Feb 20, 2014 19:29:34 GMT -5
The QO is crushing free agents with any sort of risk involved. Not sure how that is surprising to anyone and I'm guessing we will see a drastic shift next year with more guys accepting the QO. But is the problem the QO or what the player is willing to accept? There are certainly contract terms that could have gotten Drew into a camp by this point. He's reportedly insisting on at least a player option for the second year. If he had just accepted a one-year deal, my guess is he'd have signed by now. I also think it relevant that no player has accepted the QO either. If Drew accepts the QO, he's got a one-year deal for $14M. End of problems for him. I think the players union will definitely fight for a change, but I've thought about this recently and you have to think a lot of the blame needs to fall on the players for mis-judging their markets before declining the QO, and then if you see it as a problem that they're not in camp yet, some falls on the players for not coming down to where their market is. I'm not saying it's either. It's just the reality of the situation and free agents will adjust. A couple teams will possibly get screwed next year as more players accept, then it should settle in. I'm not of the idea that it's so bad for the players. Sure if you get extremely hurt or start to suck then it hurts your earnings, but if you stay quasi healthy and perform it increases them. I don't have issues with people actually having to perform to get paid extreme amounts of money. No one is in danger of not being set for life.
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